Re: [Foundation-l] Fundraising totals as of Oct 7, 2007 @ 5:00 PM (EST)

I am working on Erik's suggestion that we get celebrity endorsements. I have added a question to Wikinews' upcoming interview with the Dalai Lama's US representative to see if we can get Tensing to endorse the project. I've just finished sending an email to Sir Sean Connery's publicist asking if he'd give Wikimedia/Wikipedia his endorsement. At the moment I'm doing this via the IMDbPro free trial, but there's another service - contactvip.com. I've tried twice to get signed up for their $4 trial and had my CC rejected, likely since their system has a bizarre way of looking at Belgium. I've also forwarded the phone number for Oprah Winfrey's production company onto Jimbo, it was pointed out to me both are active in Africa - there may be a meeting of minds that can get us an endorsement there. As IMDb's most popular personality I've also asked if we can get Johnny Depp to say a few words. My trial of IMDbPro only lasts about a week, list all your suggestions and I'll see what we can do here about getting known names to endorse Wiki. Brian McNeil -----Original Message----- From: foundation-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of David Gerard Sent: 08 November 2007 11:55 To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Fundraising totals as of Oct 7,2007 @ 5:00 PM (EST) On 08/11/2007, Guillaume Paumier <guillom.pom(a)gmail.com> wrote: If we can have good new banners every week, that'd be great! (Yes, I realise the current one was a *lot* of work ...) - d. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l